HOW MICHAEL MCDONALD ALMOST DIDN’T WRITE ‘WHAT A FOOL BELIEVES’

UltimateClassicRock ^ | March 2, 2021 | Martin Kielty

[Right Wing Assault]

Yep! Here they are if you can stand them. Bruce Springsteen should try this one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0_FvK51wOQ

[Hatteras]

Haha, I always thought he sang like he had a sweat sock in his mouth...

Count me in the pre-McDonald Doobie camp...

[Oshkalaboomboom]

Thanks for the explanation. If you do a search on whether or not remastering is necessary you will find plenty of people who disagree with you but I doubt most of them have your expertise.

[shanover]

I love that song. It is one of my go to and never gets old. The Doobies are awesome even as they changed and evolved.

[Old Yeller]

Now I’m going to have this in my head all day.

Let me help you. Think of “Yah Mo B There”.

[revetment]

GOPee Delenda Est! I like it. May I use it?

[Codeflier]

Why couldn’t he have just followed his gut instinct? That song is absolutely horrible.

[Tallguy]

They used to refer to the Tom Johnston-less Dobbies as “Doobie-Dan”. Loved Jeff Baxter’s guitar, MM’s vocals were grating. Good backup singer though...

[Theophilus]

so i’m not alone in my folly?

must be a pretty cool radio station.

[woweeitsme]

Man...unbelievably, I just listened to Steely Dan’s “Pretzel Logic” in full for the first time yesterday and was blown away by Baxter’s guitar work throughout that record.

[Joe Boucher]

McDonald ruined the Doobies by trying to make it all about himself.

[New Perspective]

Can’t stand his voice.

Yet you took the time to post your negative dribble. You must be a busy soy-boy.

[blam]

I used to go to the Chateau in the Santa Cruz Mountains and listen to these guys practice and play before they became The Doobie Brothers.

They dedicated this album to the place.

[1Old Pro]

I just listened to Steely Dan's “Pretzel Logic” in full for the first time yesterday and was blown away by Baxter's guitar work throughout that record.

SD was ADD with their studio albums and session players. They seem to recognize talent and add it to make their songs better. I heard a breakdown on the guitar solo in Kid Charlemagne on the Rick Beato website, quite interesting.

[Tallguy]

I have all the Steely Dan albums through ‘Aja’ when I sort of lost interest. They still kicked out interesting stuff, but it wasn’t consistently brilliant IMO.

[OrangeHoof]

I’ve always thought it was dumb song and was only a hit because of the bouncy tune and MacDonald’s lack of enunciation.

But, for a laugh, here’s Rick Moranis of SCTV’s imitation of Michael MacDonald:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0HzWMqLeiE

[Oshkalaboomboom]

Loved Jeff Baxter’s guitar

He made quite a name for himself as a guitarist but he is also a top adviser on missle defense

[moovova]

That’s not fair.

But good for you and yours. I’m green with envy.

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

I have always liked the song. It got a lot of airplay during my last year or so of college. Those were good years, and it reminds me of them. The same for certain cuts from Steely Dan’s “Aja.”

[newfreep]

Googling for comments from “experts” who are not experts would be a huge waste of my time.

Just basic common sense of knowing modern technology can provide higher sound quality should suffice...but the “experts” disagree.